In this May 5, 2009 file photo, newscaster Glenn Beck attends the Time 100 Gala, a celebration of TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people in the world in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)

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Dana Milbank had to do something truly appalling for the sake of his next book: “I’ve signed up for the elite membership on GlennBeck.com,” he says. The Washington Post humorist has begun writing a book on Fox’s volatile host, titled Tears of a Clown, he tells Politico, and if his past writings are any indication, it won’t be a kind portrait.

Milbank thinks Beck’s secret is that he’s willing to be more outrageous than other conservative talkers. “He has a lower bar, and commercially, it’s pure genius.” He adds that he doesn’t think Beck actually believes his own rants. “He’s been extraordinarily successful at finding what the people want to hear and giving it to them.” The book should hit stores later this year.

Bad example above me. Nobody has anything to gain from 2+2=5 whereas beck has much to gain from lying (money). Don't simplify a complicated matter. Human motives are powerful. Also, if beck really thinks rallying up people with false rants for money is ok, hes stupid just the same as if he believes what he says